What else is there to say?At $3295.00 the handmade LFD Le III stands out from the crowd in a way that boggles the imagination. It is just so musical. Don’t look for a remote or preouts.It ain’t got them. No website or literature either (think slim line silver box 17 ½’ wide with 5 inputs)What it does have is the music in a way that amplifiers costing many time its price can only hope to have.If you want the music LFD has it! The LFD Le Mark III will be replaced sometime in December with the LFD Le Mark IV at $4,100.00. The two amplifiers are essentially the same with the LFD Le Mark IV having a sturdier, more anti resonant case. For the practically minded, the sound of the two amplifiers is identical, so if you want to save $800.00, better act quickly. There are only two LFD Le Mark III’s on the East Coast of the U.S.A., and we have them! http://www.soundbysinger.com/singerfall2009/index.html

Since the company’s founding in 1980, ASR Audiosystems Friedrich Schaefer has attained a near mythic and enviable reputation for astonishing musicality in the world of High-End audio. ASR’s aim in all their products, which include two phonostages, the ASR Basis / Basis Exclusive and the ASR Mini Basis/Mini Basis Exclusive, and two “integrated” amplifiers, the Emitter I / Emitter I Exclusive, and Emitter II / Emitter II Exclusive, is to combine the harmony and musicality of tubes with the accuracy and sovereign power distribution of modern transistor amplifiers. They have succeeded beyond any reasonable expectation in doing exactly that.

The core of the ASR line are its two “integrated” amplifiers, the Emitter I and Emitter II, both of which can be had in an “Exclusive” version which, among many other improvements, adds an extra battery operated power supply which completely frees these components from the adverse affect of using alternating current from your wall outlet. “Integrated” in appearance only, ASR amplifiers are actually direct coupled amplifiers with volume control and input selector.In fact the path between input and power section on the ASR is only a few millimeters of silver wire! Less wire more sound. True audiophile products, the Emitter I and II sacrifice nothing for performance, so be prepared for using between one to three sizable outboard power supplies, which are essential to achieve the sense of limitless power and ...http://www.soundbysinger.com/singerfall2009/index.html

What can we say about Magico’s $90,000.00 Statement Loudspeaker system, the M5 ? For one thing, just like the Magico Mini II and the
V-3 which are generally recognized as being the best speakers in their class, the new Magico M-5 simply trounces every other contender in the sub $150,000.00 ranking of super speakers and are just as good and, in most cases, quite a bit better than the few speakers which dare to command an even higher price tag. You see, the Magico M-5’s do everything right. They are unbelievably open and reproduce the full bandwidth from extreme low bass to ultra high frequencies with as much authority as anything I've ever heard, Displaying a timbral accuracy that is simply uncanny and as transparent as a mountain lake, every nuance is there,

every bit of detail, apparent not in an artificial or contrived way, but with that you-are-there quality, which sends goose bumps down your spine and makes you reach for your checkbook. It is no wonder that they are typically back ordered several months!

The M5 utilizes Magico’s proprietary MR-1 Ring Radiator tweeter, two optimally balanced 6” Nano-Tec® drivers, and new 9” Nano-Tec® woofers, making this the first Magico speaker to incorporate a full range of truly ‘in-house’ drive-units. Utilizing one of the most intricate passive loudspeakers ever built, the M5 Retains Magico’s revolutionary ‘tension-coupling’ mechanism,.With their signature 17-ply Baltic Birch cabinet sporting a 200 lb. slab of 6061-T aircraft grade aluminum machined into 73 lb. vertically convex baffle Magico has created the ideal housing for their massive new bass drivers. Intended to completely change the limits of loudspeaker performance, the 2009 Innovation Award winning M5 is the most thoroughly developed and technologically ambitious loudspeaker Magico has built to date .And that may make it the most technologically innovative loudspeaker extant, period!

Simmaudio MOON .5CD Player $ 1300

Simmaudio MOON .5 integrated amp $ 1300

Vandersteen 1C Speakers /bases $ 105

Cambridge audio DAC Magic(for computer files) $ 479

Total $3184.00

In Greek mythology, Atlas was the Titan who supported the heavens—although he's more commonly shown supporting Earth itself. (Funny thing, that: the globe he was always shown supporting actually did once represent the cosmos, but at some point became the Earth.) According to Hygenus, Atlas was the son of Aether, the personification of the sky and heaven, and Gaia, the personification of the Earth. Atlas was brother to Prometheus (foresight), Epithemius (hindsight), and Menoetius (a warrior whose insolence got him smitten by a lightning bolt from Zeus, resulting in a name synonymous with "ruined strength").

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For nearly 30 years Simaudio Ltd has been in the business of designing and building high quality electronics for home entertainment use.The breadth and depth of their involvement is astounding. With 16 power amplifiers, 3 preamplifiers, 5 integrated amplifiers, 5 cd players, 2 phono stages , 1 USB